If you get one that doesn't have the "no-keyboard" firmware, it will start chirping the moment you plug it in. Only plugging a keyboard into the keyboard-labeled USB port (Logitech wireless keyboards won't work in this port, for example) or updating the firmware will stop it. A product should never beep unless there is something wrong with it. Think smoke alarms and the low-battery warning. Demerit one.
Updating the firmware requires a complex installation of software on your PC and you can't easily remove it. Demerit two.
In my case the firmware update failed on two separate computers essentially causing the unit to stop working entirely, so Belkin had to send me a replacement pre-updated. I am assuming there was a bug in the software, so I count that as a third demerit. I also had to pay return shipping. Four demerits.
The unit requires power and there is a small DC connector in the corner, but the angled plug will either block one from using one of the USB ports or one of the DVI ports. Demerit five.
Trying to get the last DVI cord is a challenge because the edge of the casing is too close to it. I had to push hard. Had I not be able to do so, I would have probably given up and just returned it as defective. Demerit six.
For some reason, Belkin supplies a cover so the unit looks pretty when it's on. Of course, you can't put it on once you have cables sticking out the back of it. Demerit seven.
Obviously, this product was sloppily designed probably by different people who never talked to one another about each one was doing and no one at Belkin actually sat down and tried to use the product. I suspect they will get a lot of returns on the item and eventually be forced to discontinue it and design a new model. Ironically, Belkin's products in general aren't all that bad, but with this one they bungled it big time.
Updating the firmware requires a complex installation of software on your PC and you can't easily remove it. Demerit two.
In my case the firmware update failed on two separate computers essentially causing the unit to stop working entirely, so Belkin had to send me a replacement pre-updated. I am assuming there was a bug in the software, so I count that as a third demerit. I also had to pay return shipping. Four demerits.
The unit requires power and there is a small DC connector in the corner, but the angled plug will either block one from using one of the USB ports or one of the DVI ports. Demerit five.
Trying to get the last DVI cord is a challenge because the edge of the casing is too close to it. I had to push hard. Had I not be able to do so, I would have probably given up and just returned it as defective. Demerit six.
For some reason, Belkin supplies a cover so the unit looks pretty when it's on. Of course, you can't put it on once you have cables sticking out the back of it. Demerit seven.
Obviously, this product was sloppily designed probably by different people who never talked to one another about each one was doing and no one at Belkin actually sat down and tried to use the product. I suspect they will get a lot of returns on the item and eventually be forced to discontinue it and design a new model. Ironically, Belkin's products in general aren't all that bad, but with this one they bungled it big time.
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